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Agent X20
28th July 2006, 14:00
An Inflight Witty...??.....:confused:

This the same Witty...??...

Wrong flaming scale..:mad:

So is it Inflight 200 / 400 / 500 now....???:D :D :D


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INflight-500-Witty-South-African-Airways-Boeing-747_W0QQitemZ120013313620QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3862QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
zed550
28th July 2006, 15:40
he's sort of right agent.......both made by the same company
Agent X20
28th July 2006, 17:00
Is Inflight then part of Witty..??
Agent X20
28th July 2006, 20:24
ARD are here.. this is a US/HK dealer advertising these.. am confused..:confused:
zed550
28th July 2006, 20:42
witty and inflight are the same as in both are made for ard
Agent X20
28th July 2006, 23:36
So you are stating that ARD are commissioning all these Witties...??:confused: :confused: :confused:

Inflight aint made for ARD.. they are distributors for Inflight...

Mine normally come now from the Canadian 'outlet' as dollar pound parity fkcus the UK dealer..
NeilD
28th July 2006, 23:40
perhaps he's just included both manufacturers in the title to lure in the Inflight Collectors and tempt them and their deep wallets to the darkside of another scale...:p :D

Neil
Agent X20
28th July 2006, 23:43
Ah Mr Neil.. have you seen the size of them though...??

That last sentence was longer than the fuselage...

But give them their due, the undercarriage looks to scale which is the first thing to 'go' at that scale..

Just wish they would sort out the gaps in the 1/200 arena first..
NeilD
28th July 2006, 23:45
yes, I must use more punctuation ! so, are these actually made by Inflight then???

Neil
Agent X20
28th July 2006, 23:58
That would be my understanding from the description...
PH-LKK
31st July 2006, 16:50
Virginfans (the seller) is a back-door pirate at the factory that makes Big Bird, Inflight, AeroClassics and some Gemini Jets models (and I guess Witty too). A lot of manufacturers apparently use the factory that Virginfans has access to. As far as I know, Virginfans only has back-door access to one factory. Just because it's the same factory, doesn't mean the companies that produced (and paid for) the models are the same. Inflight is now introducing a line of 1/500 scale models (apparently using the old BigBird toolings). But this doesn't make an Inflight model "Witty".

Virginfans regularly sells "rare" models that have been sold out for a while. It's unclear whether he is getting these things from a reject bin, or if the factory is running "extras" specifically for him. Sometimes he is the only person who can get you a long-out-of-circulation model. Most of the time though, he is just scalping.
Agent X20
31st July 2006, 17:44
Hence the trouble we have had with 'dirty' models and ones with busted undercarts.. and met with a total blank when we try to get it corrected...

However I presume the majority of the stuff of course is as described...

Hence why he has the Pan Am 737's.. mmm
spock1
31st July 2006, 19:34
:mad: Interesting updates and many thanks for the input. This sort of thing is also happening with certain Hound produce being offered for sale from China particularly with truck models. Low feedback sellers on eBay that seem to get struck off before you can leave appropriate feedback and like as not you get no model!........:mad:

:) Be careful out there, but watch who you are dealing with!..........;) :)